Really interesting to hear what’s going on out there at this point in time. The stories don’t really surprise me, and I do feel sorry for the kids.

When I hear about “tiger parenting” or “entitlement parenting” I just hope these kids are also being made aware that their lives may not go as scripted, and are being taught how to cope with “real life.” You can raise a child to perfection within a controlled environment, but that is not the real world.

Our kids had everything, but we made sure they also knew that even with all of their “entitlements” there would still be a day when they would become responsible for their own lives, and made them aware of the realities of coping with real-life situations. Perhaps that’s one reason they’ve all done very well.

The most astounding thing to my wife and I, is the extremely high percentage of kids my kids knew, from many backgrounds–including those who were extremely entitled–who have not found their niche in life and cannot support themselves after college. At that point, their parents must REALLY be wondering what went wrong along the way.